Resilient clip securing panels in spaced relation to wall studs

Feb.

. 1966 R. R. MacKEAN 3,232,018

RESILIENT CLIP SECURING PANELS IN SPACED RELATION TO WALL STUDS

Filed Dec. 24, 1962

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R.R. MACKE A N

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ATTORNEYS

United States Patent Office

3,232,018

Patented Feb. 1, 1966

3,232,018

RESILIENT CLIP SECURING PANELS IN SPACED RELATION TO WALL STUDS

Raymond R. MacKean, Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada, assignor to Dominion Bridge Company Limited, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Filed Dec. 24,1962, Ser. No. 246,783

Claims priority, application Canada, Nov. 13, 1962, 862,262

Claims. (Cl. 52—346)

This invention relates to resilient clips and more particularly to resilient clips for securing wall or partition panels in spaced relation to wall studs.

In light gauge steel stud systems for partition walls etc., open web type light gauge steel studs are vertically located in a steel channel member fixed to the building floor and in a similar steel channel member fixed to the ceiling.

Clips according to this invention are used to secure partition or wall panels, such as gypsum lath, in spaced relation to the studs, to isolate the panels from the studs and thus provide improved sound proofing.

The main object of this invention, therefore, is to provide a resilient clip for securing wall or partition panels in spaced relation to light gauge steel open web wall studs and thus to obtain improved sound proofing qualities.

Another object of this invention is to provide a resilient clip which is of simple construction and is easily installed on the steel open web wall studs.

These and other objects of this invention will be apparent from the following detailed specification and the accompanying figures in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevation of a clip according to this invention;

FIG. 2 is an end elevation of a clip according to this invention;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a clip according to this invention, showing also an open web stud and a wall panel in their positions, relative to the clip;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a clip according to this invention; and

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of wall panels secured in spaced relation to an open web stud by a clip according to this invention.

With reference now to FIGS. 1 to 4, resilient clip 11 comprises stud gripping portion 12, offset upper panel gripping portion 13 and offset lower panel gripping portion 14. Stud gripping portion 12 is substantially “U” shaped, having a flat portion 15, which lies against the flat face of the open web stud 16, and two substantially parallel side members 17 which resiliently grip the side faces of stud 16. Upper panel gripping portion 13 and lower panel gripping portion 14 are U-shaped and reversely arranged to resiliently grip the opposing edges of the wall panels and are connected in spaced relation to stud gripping portion 12, by U-shaped spacing portions 18 and 19 respectively.

Reference now to FIG. 5 shows a portion of a wall stud and panel assembly in which open web stud 16 is located in lower channel member 20 fixed to the building floor, and the lower edge of the lowermost wall panel 21 is secured in spaced relation to lower channel member 20 by started clip 22. The upper edge of wall panel 21 and the lower edge of the superimposed wall panel 23 are secured in spaced relation to stud 16 by resilient clip 11. The upper end of stud 16 is located in a channel member, similar to lower channel member 20, fixed to the building ceiling.

Resilient clips 11 are used in this manner, spaced as required, to secure the upper and lower edges of further superimposed panels, the upper edge of the uppermost panel being secured in a manner similar to the lower edge of the lowermost panel.

Resilient clips 11 are installed on stud 16 by a simple rotating snap-on motion.